Tenet, Amazon, Real Estate, Executive Changes: Friday's Business Briefing

Why the Dallas area may have a shot at Amazon's second headquartersEvery city in North America with at least 1 million people was just handed an unprecedented assignment -- Amazon.com wants proposals by Oct. 19 on where to house its second headquarters.The online behemoth based in Seattle said Thursday that it's commenced a search for a new city to accommodate its future growth, promising to spend more than $5 billion and bring 50,000 jobs to what founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said will be "a full equal" new headquarters, which it has dubbed "HQ2".Dallas, always seeing itself as a top contender for corporate relocations, was among at least a dozen cities including Boston, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and St. Louis, to publicly throw a hat into the ring Thursday.After reviewing the document, Mike Rosa, the senior vice president for economic development of the Dallas Regional Chamber said he was more than confident that there are D-FW locations that would fit the bill.-Jill Cowan and Maria HalkiasPlus: Find more on the D-FW economy  Continue reading...